Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dupľa
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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Noun
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dupľa | *dupľi | *dupľę̇ |
| genitive | *dupľę̇ | *dupľu | *dupľь |
| dative | *dupľi | *dupľama | *dupľamъ |
| accusative | *dupľǫ | *dupľi | *dupľę̇ |
| instrumental | *dupľejǫ, *dupľǫ** | *dupľama | *dupľami |
| locative | *dupľi | *dupľu | *dupľasъ, *dupľaxъ* |
| vocative | *dupľe | *dupľi | *dupľę̇ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ду́пля”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dupļa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 125: “f. jā ‘hollow’”